Founded in 1850, it is Australia's first university and is regarded as one of the world's leading universities.
It would take two attempts on Wentworth's behalf, however, before the plan was finally adopted. The university was established via the passage of the University of Sydney Act, on 24 September 1850 and was assented on 1 October 1850 by Sir Charles Fitzroy.
Liberal education and useful knowledge: a brief history of the University of Sydney, 1850–2000, Chancellor's Committee, University of Sydney, 2002.
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Two years later, the university was inaugurated on 11 October 1852 in the Big Schoolroom of what is now Sydney Grammar School.
In 1854 the architect Edmund Blacket accepted a senate invitation for the first buildings to be designed.
The Nicholson Museum was founded in 1860 by the donation of Sir Charles Nicholson (Sydney University's second chancellor 1854-1862).
The original Coat of Arms from 1857 continues to be used for ceremonial and other formal purposes, such as on testamurs. Concerns about public funding for higher education were reflected again in 2014 following the federal government's proposal to deregulate student fees.
On 27 February 1858, the university received its Royal Charter from Queen Victoria, giving degrees conferred by the university rank and recognition equal to those given by universities in the United Kingdom.
In 1858 the Great Hall was finished, and in 1859 the Main Building was built.
In 1858 the Great Hall was finished, and in 1859 the Main Building was built.
The Nicholson Museum was founded in 1860 by the donation of Sir Charles Nicholson (Sydney University's second chancellor 1854-1862).
The Macleay Museum closed to the public in 2016 ahead of the opening of the Chau Chak Wing Museum. The University Art Collection was founded in the 1860s and contains more than 7,000 pieces, constantly growing through donation, bequests and acquisition.
He composed the original Neo-Gothic sandstone Quadrangle and Great Tower buildings, which were completed in 1862.
Extension lectures at the university were inaugurated in 1886, 36 years after the university's founding, making it Australia's longest running university continuing education program. ===Museums and galleries=== The Chau Chak Wing Museum showcases the university's art, natural history and antiquities collections.
The Nicholson Museum closed to the public in 2020, ahead of the opening of the Chau Chak Wing Museum. The Macleay Collection is named after Alexander Macleay, whose collection of insects begun in the late 18th century was the basis upon which the Macleay Museum was founded in 1887.
The painting, Jeune Fille Endormie, which had never been publicly seen since 1939, depicts the artist's lover, Marie-Thérèse Walter and was donated on the strict understanding that it would be sold and the proceeds directed to medical research.
At one stage, newspaper reporters descended on the university to cover brawls, demonstrations, secret memos and a walk-out by David Armstrong, a respected philosopher who held the Challis Chair of Philosophy from 1959 to 1991, after students at one of his lectures openly demanded a course on feminism.
The University Art Gallery opened in 1959.
It is also the only university in Australia to be a state legal deposit library according to the Copyright Act 1968 which stipulates that a copy of every printed material published in NSW be sent to the University Library.
The gallery hosted numerous exhibitions until 1972, when it was taken over for office space.
It became a faculty of the university in the 1990s and incorporates the main campus Department of Music, which was the subject of the documentary Facing the Music. Camden campus: Located in one of the most rapidly growing peri-urban areas in the country, Sydney's southwest.
At one stage, newspaper reporters descended on the university to cover brawls, demonstrations, secret memos and a walk-out by David Armstrong, a respected philosopher who held the Challis Chair of Philosophy from 1959 to 1991, after students at one of his lectures openly demanded a course on feminism.
Previously a 2015 survey of 2000 students found that 57 per cent of respondents did not know where to seek help or how to report sexual misconduct at USYD, and only 1.4% of all serious sexual incidents are reported.
Liberal education and useful knowledge: a brief history of the University of Sydney, 1850–2000, Chancellor's Committee, University of Sydney, 2002.
In 2003, Nick Greiner, a former Premier of New South Wales, resigned from his position as chair of the university's Graduate School of Management because of academic protests against his simultaneous chairmanship of British American Tobacco (Australia).
In January 2005, the University of Sydney transferred the OAC to Charles Sturt University. ===2000–present=== In February 2007, the university agreed to acquire a portion of the land granted to St John's College to develop the Sydney Institute of Health and Medical Research, now the Charles Perkins Centre, the first new research building to be built on campus in over 40 years.
A new building for the School of Information Technologies opened in late 2006 and has been located on a site adjacent to the Seymour Centre.
In January 2005, the University of Sydney transferred the OAC to Charles Sturt University. ===2000–present=== In February 2007, the university agreed to acquire a portion of the land granted to St John's College to develop the Sydney Institute of Health and Medical Research, now the Charles Perkins Centre, the first new research building to be built on campus in over 40 years.
According to the library's publications, it is the largest academic library in the southern hemisphere; university statistics show that in 2007 the collection consisted of just under 5 million physical volumes and a further 300,000 e-books, for a total of approximately 5.3 million items.
However, this was rejected by the university's administration because the building was not intended for this purpose and there were many other facilities in close proximity where such research could take place. In 2010 the university received a rarely seen Pablo Picasso painting from the private collection of an anonymous donor.
The proceeds of the sale funded the establishment of many endowed professorial chairs at the Charles Perkins Centre, where a room dedicated to the painting, now exists. At the start of 2010, the university controversially adopted a new logo.
In June 2011, the painting was auctioned at Christie's in London and sold for £13.5 million ($20.6 million AUD).
Between 2011 and 2016, there were 52 officially reported cases of sexual abuse and harassment on campus released by the university, resulting in 1 expulsion, 1 suspension and 4 reprimands.
In 2012, Spence led efforts to cut the university's expenditure to address the financial impact of a slowdown in international student enrolments across Australia.
Critics argue the push for savings has been driven by managerial incompetence and indifference, fuelling industrial action during a round of enterprise bargaining in 2013 that also reflected widespread concerns about public funding for higher education. An internal staff survey in 2012/13, which found widespread dissatisfaction with how the university is being managed.
Critics argue the push for savings has been driven by managerial incompetence and indifference, fuelling industrial action during a round of enterprise bargaining in 2013 that also reflected widespread concerns about public funding for higher education. An internal staff survey in 2012/13, which found widespread dissatisfaction with how the university is being managed.
The original Coat of Arms from 1857 continues to be used for ceremonial and other formal purposes, such as on testamurs. Concerns about public funding for higher education were reflected again in 2014 following the federal government's proposal to deregulate student fees.
The university held a wide-ranging consultation process, which included a "town hall meeting" at the university's Great Hall 25 August 2014, where an audience of students, staff and alumni expressed deep concern about the government's plans and called on university leadership to lobby against the proposals.
An exposé by Fairfax which turned out to be based on a misunderstanding as to VET and UAC matriculation standards, the scheme has been criticised by Phillip Heath, the national chairman of the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia. An investigation by Fairfax in 2015 revealed widespread cheating at universities across NSW, including the University of Sydney.
Previously a 2015 survey of 2000 students found that 57 per cent of respondents did not know where to seek help or how to report sexual misconduct at USYD, and only 1.4% of all serious sexual incidents are reported.
The Macleay Museum closed to the public in 2016 ahead of the opening of the Chau Chak Wing Museum. The University Art Collection was founded in the 1860s and contains more than 7,000 pieces, constantly growing through donation, bequests and acquisition.
The gallery closed to the public in 2016 ahead of the opening of the Chau Chak Wing Museum. Other collections and galleries The Rare Books Library is a part of the Fisher Library and holds 185,000 books and manuscripts which are rare, valuable or fragile, including 80 medieval manuscripts, works by Galileo, Halley and Copernicus as well as an extensive collection of Australiana.
Between 2011 and 2016, there were 52 officially reported cases of sexual abuse and harassment on campus released by the university, resulting in 1 expulsion, 1 suspension and 4 reprimands.
This is less than the 2017 Australian Human Rights Commission report on sexual assault and harassment which found reported figures substantially higher than this.
71% of students surveyed in 2017 reported not knowing how to make a report relating to sexual assault or harassment.
After the release of the 2017 report the vice-chancellor said the university was committed to implementing "all of the recommendations contained in the report".
In the 2020 Academic Ranking of World Universities published by the Shanghai Ranking Consultancy, the University of Sydney is ranked 74th and in the top 0.7% of the top 1000 universities in the world. The University of Sydney is ranked 1st in Australia and 29th overall in the 2017 CWTS Leiden Rankings for research impact.
In 2019, the University of Sydney is ranked 33rd among the universities around the world by SCImago Institutions Rankings.
In 2019, Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities by National Taiwan University, the University of Sydney is ranked 29th in the world, 2nd in Australia.
The Master of Management (MMgt) program was also ranked in the world's top 5 for "career progress" made by its graduates in 2019. In terms of alumni wealth, the number of wealthy Sydney alumni was ranked 5th outside the United States, behind Oxford, Mumbai, Cambridge and the London School of Economics according to the American Broadcasting Company.
Located opposite the quadrangle buildings, the museum opened to the public in November 2020.
The Nicholson Museum closed to the public in 2020, ahead of the opening of the Chau Chak Wing Museum. The Macleay Collection is named after Alexander Macleay, whose collection of insects begun in the late 18th century was the basis upon which the Macleay Museum was founded in 1887.
According to the 2020 Impact Rankings by Times Higher Education, the university is ranked 2nd in the world. The 2021 US News & World Report's Best Global Universities Rankings placed the University of Sydney 27th in the world and 2nd in Australia.
In the 2020 Academic Ranking of World Universities published by the Shanghai Ranking Consultancy, the University of Sydney is ranked 74th and in the top 0.7% of the top 1000 universities in the world. The University of Sydney is ranked 1st in Australia and 29th overall in the 2017 CWTS Leiden Rankings for research impact.
Together they constituted nearly 82% of the university's students and each had a student enrolment over 8,000 (at least 12% of total students). ==Academic profile== ===Rankings=== The 2021 QS World University Rankings ranked the University of Sydney at 40th in the world, 2nd nationally and top-ranked university in New South Wales.
According to the 2020 Impact Rankings by Times Higher Education, the university is ranked 2nd in the world. The 2021 US News & World Report's Best Global Universities Rankings placed the University of Sydney 27th in the world and 2nd in Australia.
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